Category Archives: Internet

Will Internet TV Kill IPTV?

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet TV has definitively arrived and it is here to stay. YouTube crossed the chasm for video on the Internet, and Internet TV is now steadily going mainstream. Here is some piece of evidence: Lean-forward TV gets traction. Mainstream users … Continue reading →

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Mobile Internet Platforms: Do we need a different Web for Mobile?

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Mobile Mondays dedicated its latest event in Madrid to Mobile Internet Platforms, where my good friend Alex Romero from Yahoo! presented their vision of Mobile Internet. Mobile Internet is finally coming. Unlimited data plans and high speeds (HSDPA, EVDO) are … Continue reading →

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Converging into Clouds

Posted on September 29, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Online players, such as Google and Amazon cope all bets to reign over the Clouds, benefiting from their global reach and huge experience on web scalability. Others foresee IBM -talking about utility computing for decades- or HP, after acquiring EDS, … Continue reading →

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Why is Google building a Browser?

Posted on September 18, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

The clip from Google answers the question in its first part. “To take the Web to the next level”. Web browsers were designed for web pages much simpler than the web interactive applications we enjoy today, such as Gmail, Google … Continue reading →

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The Internet of Things

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Near Field Communication (NFC) is a wireless technology that enables communication between devices over very short distances (less than 10 cm). The technology has been available for a while in the form of contactless (or proximity) cards that are mainly … Continue reading →

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The Future of Telecom: Clouds and Pipes

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Internet is the paradigm of next generation communications. One of the wonders of Internet is that it allows to de-couple Services/Applications from the access network. e.g. Anyone still uses the email or hosting services from your broadband access supplier? Most … Continue reading →

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Is Chrome Enough to Kill Windows?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Megabytes and megabytes of commentaries after its launch are setting yet one more record on top of Chrome’s top speed marks of one percent market share in one day, and fastest ever browser. Most analysis agree that Chrome is aiming at … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome: Get Equipped for Clouds

Posted on September 3, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google has surprised the world with its new browser. The product introduction through a comic was a brilliant exercise of showing the superior features of their browser, most of them quite technical, in an simple, plain, easy to understand manner. … Continue reading →

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Google Gears: The Browser Is the OS

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

Google Gears lets web applications store data locally in the browser, making those applications available even when off-line. Almost a key requirement for people afraid to switch to Google Docs fearing they would be stuck to work on documents when … Continue reading →

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2018. What Laptop Will You Use in Ten Years?

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Jose Miguel Cansado

We have lived enough IT history to know that reality has exceeded Moore’s Law prediction of computers doubling capacity every 18 months. In fact, the period is now close to 12 months. Following this exponential growth these are the specs … Continue reading →

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